Russia deploys Avangard hypersonic missile system
Russia deploys Avangard hypersonic missile system
President Putin says the nuclear-capable Avangard missiles put Russia in a class of its own.
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Congress Wants to Force Trump’s Hand on Human Rights in China and Beyond
Congress Wants to Force Trump’s Hand on Human Rights in China and Beyond
Lawmakers aim to pass veto-proof legislation in 2020 that would punish China over its treatment of ethnic Uighur Muslims.
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Stocks Are on the Verge of the Best Year Since 1997
Stocks Are on the Verge of the Best Year Since 1997
Three Federal Reserve rate cuts and a rally in huge tech stocks like Apple have helped lift the S&P 500 by 29 percent so far in 2019.
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Revealed: microplastic pollution is raining down on city dwellers
Revealed: microplastic pollution is raining down on city dwellers
Exclusive: London has highest level yet recorded but health impacts of breathing particles are unknownMicroplastic pollution is raining down on city dwellers, with research revealing that London has the highest levels yet recorded.The health impacts of breathing or consuming the tiny plastic particles are unknown, and experts say urgent research is needed to assess the risks. Continue reading...
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Brexit talks: EU chief questions feasibility of Johnson’s time limit
Brexit talks: EU chief questions feasibility of Johnson's time limit
Ursula von der Leyen airs concerns about PM’s refusal to extend negotiations past 2020Boris Johnson should reconsider his refusal to extend the 11-month timeframe available for agreeing a deal on the future relationship with the EU after Brexit, Ursula von der Leyen has suggested.The European commission president said she had “serious concern” over the limited time available for the negotiations and emphasised the need to keep all options open. Continue reading...
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Kazakhstan crash: 12 killed as Bek Air flight crashes near Almaty airport
Kazakhstan crash: 12 killed as Bek Air flight crashes near Almaty airport
Sixty-six injured on plane carrying 100 as emergency services look for survivorsA plane carrying almost 100 people has crashed near Almaty airport in Kazakhstan, killing at least 12.Almaty airport said on Friday morning that survivors and emergency workers were on the scene in Almerek village, just beyond the end of the runway. Footage from the site, which was cordoned off, appeared to show the Fokker 100 plane had hit a building. Continue reading...
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‘Wanton’ cycling and swearing among acts banned by councils
'Wanton' cycling and swearing among acts banned by councils
Increase in fines under public spaces protection orders raises concerns over civil libertiesTree planting, putting golf balls, impromptu raves and “furious” cycling are among a growing list of activities banned by councils using fines to control behaviour and top up stretched finances, a Guardian survey has revealed.One of the most prolific enforcers of public spaces protection orders (PSPOs) is Peterborough city council, which raised £270,000 in the year to August issuing 1,000 fines for unauthorised cycling – which is prohibited in the city centre if done in a “wanton or furious manner” – and more than 2,000 fines for littering, freedom of information responses show. Continue readin...
Suicides linked to acne drug Roaccutane as regulator reopens inquiry
Suicides linked to acne drug Roaccutane as regulator reopens inquiry
Expert working group to re-examine safety of drug used by about 30,000 people a yearTen suicides this year have been linked to a powerful acne drug as the medicines regulator reopens an inquiry into it after being contacted by patients.Twelve deaths were recorded in 2019, 10 by suicide, by people who had been prescribed Roaccutane, according to data from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Continue reading...
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Kazakhstan plane crash: Bek Air plane comes down near Almaty airport
Kazakhstan plane crash: Bek Air plane comes down near Almaty airport
Almost 100 people were on board the Bek Air plane, which came down after take-off near Almaty.
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Anguish and Anger From the Navy SEALS Who Turned In Edward Gallagher
Anguish and Anger From the Navy SEALS Who Turned In Edward Gallagher
Video interviews and group texts obtained by The Times show men describing their platoon leader in grim terms.
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Confidential Videos Show Why Navy SEALs Reported Edward Gallagher
Confidential Videos Show Why Navy SEALs Reported Edward Gallagher
Watch never-before-released video and confidential interviews with the Navy SEALs who accused Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher of war crimes.
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UK police out-of-court settlements total £30m in four years
UK police out-of-court settlements total £30m in four years
Figure is ‘tip of iceberg’ in terms of people on receiving end of unlawful police behaviourDozens of police forces have made out-of-court settlements totalling more than £30m in the past four years, according to recent figures, which were described as “the tip of the iceberg” in terms of people on the receiving end of unlawful police behaviour.Payments range from small sums for loss of property, or the £100 paid by Sussex police for “embarrassment and humiliation”, through to hundreds of thousands of pounds paid for wrongful arrest, records revealed under the Freedom of Information Act show. Continue reading...
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Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu claims win in party leadership challenge
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu claims win in party leadership challenge
Full results of the vote on the Israeli PM's party leadership have not yet been published.
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With U.S. Help No Longer Assured, Saudis Try a New Strategy: Talks
With U.S. Help No Longer Assured, Saudis Try a New Strategy: Talks
Worried that they can no longer count on American defense, the Saudis have begun talking to their enemies to cool conflicts in the region.
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Saudi Arabia Wants Your Next Vacation
Saudi Arabia Wants Your Next Vacation
The oil-rich kingdom is betting on tourism to broaden its economy, but will visitors come?
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Netanyahu Rebuffs a Challenge From Within, Despite Graft Charges
Netanyahu Rebuffs a Challenge From Within, Despite Graft Charges
The embattled Israeli prime minister staved off a Likud party leadership challenge, a victory that is likely to perpetuate Israel’s political deadlock.
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Revealed: councils paid inadequate care homes £2.3m to house children
Revealed: councils paid inadequate care homes £2.3m to house children
Twenty-three councils placed 58 children in homes owned by failing providersCouncils are placing children in care homes that inspectors say do not provide a good standard of care at a cost of millions of pounds, an investigation has found. Related: 'They got angry at me': woman tells of abuse in children's home Continue reading...
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Hogmanay fury as Edinburgh residents told to apply for access to own homes
Hogmanay fury as Edinburgh residents told to apply for access to own homes
Local people must ask Underbelly if they want more than six passes to their housesEdinburgh residents have vented their anger at having to apply to a private company for access to their own homes during this year’s Hogmanay celebrations amid growing concern that the council’s hunger to attract tourism is reducing the Scottish capital to a “theme park”.People living in some parts of the city centre will also face potential restrictions on the number of guests they can invite if they wish to have parties of their own on New Year’s Eve, when the entertainment giant Underbelly will be running an event expected to attract more than 70,000 people. Continue reading...
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Rough sleeper gives birth to twins outside wealthiest Cambridge college
Rough sleeper gives birth to twins outside wealthiest Cambridge college
Woman delivered premature babies in front of Trinity College on MondayA homeless woman gave birth to premature twins while sleeping rough outside Cambridge University’s wealthiest college.The woman, believed to be about 30, gave birth outside Trinity College. She was helped by members of the public, who called an ambulance, according to reports. Continue reading...
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Prominent lawyer Jolyon Maugham clubs fox to death while wearing kimono
Prominent lawyer Jolyon Maugham clubs fox to death while wearing kimono
RSPCA looking into QC’s tweets about hitting trapped animal with baseball batThe prominent remain-supporting lawyer Jolyon Maugham QC has announced on Twitter that he clubbed a fox to death on Boxing Day morning, while wearing his wife’s satin kimono and nursing a hangover.“Already this morning I have killed a fox with a baseball bat,” the barrister tweeted just after 8am. “How’s your Boxing Day going?” Continue reading...
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UK father and children who drowned in Costa del Sol pool named
UK father and children who drowned in Costa del Sol pool named
Gabriel Diya, his son Praise-Emmanuel and daughter Comfort died at holiday resortPolice in Spain have named the three members of a British family who drowned in a hotel swimming pool on the Costa del Sol on Christmas Eve.They were identified as Gabriel Diya, a 52 year-old London-based pastor,his son Praise-Emmanuel Diya, 16, and daughter Comfort Diya, nine. Continue reading...
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Post-Brexit UK always welcome back in EU, says Timmermans
Post-Brexit UK always welcome back in EU, says Timmermans
European commission’s VP writes ‘love letter’ to Britons, saying UK unnecessarily damaged by BrexitBritain has been unnecessarily damaged by Brexit and “more will follow”, the vice-president of the European commission has written in a “love letter” to the British people in which he promises a warm welcome back should attitudes change.Frans Timmermans, who is Ursula von der Leyen’s deputy in her role as European commission president, writes that British scepticism of the EU had been an asset to the bloc as he expresses his own feelings of rejection ahead of the country’s impending departure on 31 January, likening himself to a jilted “old lover”. Continue reading....
Children with brain tumours to benefit from new scan
Children with brain tumours to benefit from new scan
New scan predicts how rapidly tumours will grow thus sparing patients unnecessary treatmentChildren with cancer will be spared unnecessarily aggressive treatments thanks to a new scan that can predict how rapidly tumours will grow, doctors say.The test has been hailed as a major advance towards being able to tailor treatments for brain cancer to the needs of individual patients and is predicted to improve survival rates. Continue reading...
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Varadkar dismisses Johnson plan to make EU pay for ‘interesting’ bridge
Varadkar dismisses Johnson plan to make EU pay for 'interesting' bridge
Irish PM says UK must pay for any bridge between Northern Ireland and Scotland Ireland’s prime minister has said he will not dismiss the idea of building a bridge between Northern Ireland and Scotland, but insisted the UK must pay for it.Boris Johnson and the Democratic Unionist party have spoken in favour of the idea. Continue reading...
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Kylie Minogue tries to lure Brexit-weary Britons in new Tourism Australia ad ‘Matesong’
Kylie Minogue tries to lure Brexit-weary Britons in new Tourism Australia ad 'Matesong'
Pop star reprises Neighbours character in a song that also includes tennis star Ash Barty, comedian Adam Hills and former cricketer Shane WarneA new $15m tourism campaign featuring Kylie Minogue is aiming to lure Brexit-weary Britons to Australia with the perennial promise of cute marsupials, white-sand beaches and locals who “speak your language”.The three-minute musical advertisement aired on televisions in the UK before the Queen’s message on Christmas Day, with Minogue and another well-known Australian export, Adam Hills, addressing the nation from Sandringham – a beachside suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Continue reading...
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UK set for gloomy Boxing Day with heavy rain across all regions
UK set for gloomy Boxing Day with heavy rain across all regions
Shoppers hoping to take advantage of the Boxing Day sales are likely to face a deluge of rain across most of the country, the Met Office has saidShoppers hoping to take advantage of the Boxing Day sales are likely to face a deluge of rain across parts of the UK, the Met Office has said. Christmas Day’s clear skies will give way to cloud, wind and rain on 26 December, with the south-west of England experiencing the heaviest downpours.The Environment Agency has issued 36 flood warnings – where flooding is expected – and 96 flood alerts, where flooding is possible. Continue reading...
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On Border, Trump Moves to Build His Wall One Landowner at a Time
On Border, Trump Moves to Build His Wall One Landowner at a Time
Construction of President Trump’s border wall has been slow going, in part because the Texans who own the land have to be coaxed or coerced to sell it, whether they want to or not.
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Typhoon Phanfone: Philippines counts cost of deadly storm
Typhoon Phanfone: Philippines counts cost of deadly storm
Typhoon Phanfone, with gusts of close to 190km/h, hit an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.
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Trump impeachment: Lisa Murkowski ‘disturbed’ over co-ordination
Trump impeachment: Lisa Murkowski 'disturbed' over co-ordination
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has pledged "total co-ordination" with the White House.
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Annular solar eclipse: Crowds in Asia gather to see ‘ring of fire’
Annular solar eclipse: Crowds in Asia gather to see 'ring of fire'
In an annular eclipse the moon covers the centre of the Sun, giving the appearance of a bright ring.
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